Full Text of HB0402 94th General Assembly
HB0402eng 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| AN ACT concerning education.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section | 5 |
| 27-23 as follows:
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| (105 ILCS 5/27-23) (from Ch. 122, par. 27-23)
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| Sec. 27-23. Motor Vehicle Code. The curriculum in all | 8 |
| public schools
shall include a course dealing with the content | 9 |
| of Chapters 11, 12, 13, 15,
and 16 of the Illinois Vehicle | 10 |
| Code, the rules and regulations adopted pursuant
to those | 11 |
| Chapters insofar as they pertain to the operation of motor | 12 |
| vehicles,
and the portions of the Litter Control Act relating | 13 |
| to the operation of motor
vehicles. Instruction shall be given | 14 |
| in safety education in each grade, 1
through 8, equivalent to 1 | 15 |
| class period each week, and in at least 1 of the
years in | 16 |
| grades 10 through 12. The course of instruction required of | 17 |
| each
eligible student at the high school level shall consist of | 18 |
| a minimum of 30
clock hours of classroom instruction taught by | 19 |
| a certified high school teacher
who has acquired special | 20 |
| qualifications as required for participation under the
terms of | 21 |
| Section 27-24.2 of this Act. Each school district maintaining
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| grades 9 through 12: (i) shall provide the classroom course for | 23 |
| each public
and non-public high school student resident of the | 24 |
| school district who either
has received a passing grade in at | 25 |
| least 8 courses during the previous 2
semesters or has received | 26 |
| a waiver of that requirement from the local
superintendent of | 27 |
| schools (with respect to a public high school student) or
chief | 28 |
| school administrator (with respect to a non-public high school | 29 |
| student),
as provided in Section 27-24.2, and for each | 30 |
| out-of-school resident of the
district between the age of 15 | 31 |
| and 21 years who requests the classroom course,
and (ii) may | 32 |
| provide such classroom course for any resident of the district
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| over age 55 who requests the classroom course, but only if | 2 |
| space therein
remains available after all eligible public and | 3 |
| non-public high school student
residents and out-of-school | 4 |
| residents between the age of 15 and 21 who request
such course | 5 |
| have registered therefor, and only if such resident of the | 6 |
| district
over age 55 has not previously been licensed as a | 7 |
| driver under the laws of this
or any other state or country. | 8 |
| Each school district (i) shall provide an
approved course in | 9 |
| practice driving consisting of a minimum of 6 clock hours of
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| individual behind-the-wheel instruction or its equivalent in a | 11 |
| car, as
determined by the State Board of Education, for each | 12 |
| eligible resident of the
district between the age of 15 and 21 | 13 |
| years who has started an approved high
school classroom driver | 14 |
| education course on request, and (ii) may provide such
approved | 15 |
| course in practice driving for any resident of the district | 16 |
| over age
55 on request and without regard to whether or not | 17 |
| such resident has started
any high school classroom driver | 18 |
| education course, but only if space therein
remains available | 19 |
| after all eligible residents of the district between the ages
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| of 15 and 21 years who have started an approved classroom | 21 |
| driver education
course and who request such course in practice | 22 |
| driving have registered
therefor, and only if such resident of | 23 |
| the district over age 55 has not
previously been licensed as a | 24 |
| driver under the laws of this or any other state
or country. | 25 |
| Subject to rules and regulations of the State Board of | 26 |
| Education,
the district may charge a reasonable fee, not to | 27 |
| exceed $250
$50 , to students who
participate in the course, | 28 |
| unless a student is unable to pay for such a course,
in which | 29 |
| event the fee for such a student shall be waived . The total | 30 |
| amount from driver education fees and reimbursement from the | 31 |
| State for driver education must not exceed the total cost of | 32 |
| the driver education program in any year and must be deposited | 33 |
| into the school district's driver education fund as a separate | 34 |
| line item budget entry. All moneys deposited into the school | 35 |
| district's driver education fund must be used solely for the | 36 |
| purpose of funding a high school driver education program |
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| approved by the State Board of Education that uses instructors | 2 |
| certified by the State Board of Education. If ; provided, that | 3 |
| if a
district provides the classroom or practice driving course | 4 |
| or both of such
courses to any residents of the district over | 5 |
| age 55, the district may charge
such residents a fee in any | 6 |
| amount up to but not exceeding the actual cost of
the course or | 7 |
| courses in which such residents participate. The course of
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| instruction given in grades 10 through 12 shall include an | 9 |
| emphasis on the
development of knowledge, attitudes, habits and | 10 |
| skills necessary for the safe
operation of motor vehicles | 11 |
| including motorcycles insofar as they can be taught
in the | 12 |
| classroom, and in addition the course shall include instruction | 13 |
| on
special hazards existing at, and required extra safety and | 14 |
| driving precautions
that must be observed at, emergency | 15 |
| situations, highway construction and
maintenance zones, and
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| railroad crossings and the approaches thereto.
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| (Source: P.A. 92-497, eff. 11-29-01.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 19 |
| becoming law. |
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